# 絶 — Extinction

Frequency rank 483 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Frequent enough that you will keep running into it once you read past headlines.

More common than 型 (Model), less common than 築 (Construct).

- On’yomi: ぜつ
- Kun’yomi: た
- Radical: 糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)
- Frequency path: Level IV of XX

Thread on the left snaps against color on the right — the thread loses its color and fades completely, going extinct like a dying dye that vanishes forever.

In words:

- 絶つ たつ — to sever;to cut off;to suppress;to abstain (from)
- 絶えず たえず — constantly
- 絶える たえる — to die out;to peter out;to become extinct

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